Block, Inc. (NYSE:SQ) shares rose after the company reported its first-quarter financial results on Thursday. Here’s a look at the highlights.
Block reported quarterly sales of $5.957 billion, which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $5.821 billion, representing a 19.38% increase over sales of $4.99 billion from last year.
The company reported adjusted earnings of 85 cents per share, beating the 72 cents per share consensus estimate.
Cash App generated a quarterly gross profit of $1.26 billion, up 25% year over year, and Square generated a gross profit of $820 million, up 19% year over year. The first-quarter gross payment volume was $54.43 billion.
Block announced a strategic investment into Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) following numerous positive developments both within the company and in the broader market.
In April, Block implemented a Bitcoin dollar cost average (DCA) purchase program that will run through 2024. Under the program, Block will invest 10% of its gross profit from Bitcoin products in Bitcoin purchases.
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“We also believe in investing in the overall asset of the ecosystem, and holding bitcoin in our treasury. Going forward, each month we will be investing 10% of our gross profit from bitcoin products into bitcoin
purchases. We were one of the first public companies to put bitcoin on our balance sheet: we invested $220 million into bitcoin, and that investment has grown by approximately 160% to $573 million as of the end of the first quarter,” said Jack Dorsey, Block CEO.
